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CARTRIDGE-LOADING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,080, dated December 12, 1899.

Application filed January 23,1899. Serial Nox 703,169. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State ot' Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shell- Loading Machines, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein eX- plained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting butone of various mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawings, Figure I represents afront View ofthe entire machine, showing the shot-hopper partially broken away to disclose part of the machine in the rear thereof. Fig. II represents a rear View ot' the machine; Fig. III, a horizontal section taken upon the plane indicated by line 3 3, Fig. I.

Fig. IV represents an end elevation of the entire machine looking toward the left end. Figs.V,VI, VII,VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII represent vertical sectional Views taken upon planes respectively indicated by lines 5 5, e 6, 7 7 or 7 7, s s, 9 9,10 10,11 11,12 12, and 13 13 shown in Fig. I, portions of the machine cut by said planes being shown in elevation, each of these sections being that as viewed from the left and looking toward the right and portions of the mechanism to the right of the sectional plane being omit-ted for simplicity. Figs. XI and XIb represent detail views, Fig. XI taken on line .e e, Fig. X. Fig. XIV represents a partial sectional view taken on the plane indicated by line 14 Il on Fig. I. Fig. XV represents a detail partial sectional view taken upon line 5 5,

, showing the shell-opener in a position whereupon which is supported the shell-conveyer. Fig. XIX represents a front View of the rear half of the shell-conveyer. Fig. XX represents a front view of the shell-carrier and its reciprocating means detached from the ma chine. Fig. XXI represents a partial central longitudinal section of the driving-pulley, showing a portion of the operating-shaft in elevation therein. Fig. XXII represents a partial perspective View of the driving-pulley, showing the driving-arm, which is secured to the operating-shaft, the trip member, which connects the said arm with the pulley', and the trip-bolt. Fig. XXIII represents a side elevation of a portion of the pulley-rim, showing said trip member also in side elevation and a sectional view of the trip-bolt. Fig. XXIV represents an enlarged' perspective view of said connecting trip member. Fig. XXV represents a detail cross-sectional view of the shell-conveyer, taken upon a plane indcated by line 25 25 in Fig. I. Fig. XXVI represents a det-ail central horizontal sectional view of the left end of the shell-clamps upon the sole-plate, showing the shell-carrier in plan View therein and open, also showing a sectional view of the means for actuating the rear conveyer-bar and front shell-clamps in their transverse movement. Fig. XXVII represents a detail left-hand end elevation of the shell-conveyer and sole-plate upon a section of the frame. Fig. XXVIII represents a detail view taken upon the same plane as was the View shown in Fig. XXVI and of thc same parts, showing the conveyer-bars in their closed position assumed at the completion of the outward transverse movement. Figs. XXIX and XXX represent plan views of the left end of the shellconveyer in the positions in which the shell-clamps are closed and open, respectively. Fig. XXXI represents a cross-section of the shell-com veyer, taken upon the plane indicated by line 3l 3l in Fig. XXIX looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, showing also a shell in elevation held by the clamps and a crosssection of the shell-feed tube with shells in elevation therein, showing the shell-'stop in elevation thereon. Fig. XXXII represents a section of the shell-convcyer, taken on the plane indicated by line 32 32 in Fig. XXX,

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showing the shell-clamps open and the shell secured by the conveyer-bars and in position to be conveyed. Figs. XXXIII and XXXIV represent detail cross-sectional views of the shell-conveyer, taken on a plane indicated by line-33 33, Fig. XXIX, looking in the direction opposite that indicated by the arrow, showing a partialsection of the sole-plate and bed and illustrating the arrangement of the shell-support for use in loading shells of different lengths. Fig. XXXV represents a partial plan view of the sole-plate which snpports and forms a bearing for the shell-conveyer, showing the shell-support in position thereon. Fig. XXXVI represents aperspective view of a portion of the shell-support. Fig. XXXVII represents an enlarged crosssectional view of the powder-slide and attached parts; and Fig. XXXVIII represents a similar view of said slide, illustrating its position when the powder is being discharged from its reservoir. Fig. XXXIX represents a detail view of the wad-strip-feed-roll-operating means. Fig. XL represents a detail cross-sectional view of one of the wad-punch dies and guides, showing the rammer in elevation. Fig. XLI represents an enlarged detail plan View of the felt-wad feeding and transferring means. Fig. XLII represents a section ofsaid feeding and transferringmeans, taken upon the planes indicated by the line 42 42, Fig. XLI; and Fig. XLIII represents a perspective view of the wad-receivingthimble and rammer-gnide of said means. Figs. XLIV and XLV represent a vertical longitudinal and a horizontal section of the feltwad-feed tube.

A main horizontal bed Ais supported upon suitable legs B, and bolted to the upper face of the bed are two upright brackets C C, to the front of which is bolted the vertical crossplate D, whose bot-tom face CZ is elevated some distance above the bed A, as shown in Fig. V. At equidistant intervals along the front face of the cross-plate are arranged a series of loading devices, all operating in the same plane parallel with said cross-plate, which plane I shall hereinafter designate the loading7 plane. These devices consist of a feedtube for feeding empty shells to the shellconveyer, a shell-opener for expanding the mouth of each shell, powder-loading means, a device for inserting a paper wad on the powder, aV device for inserting a felt wad, a second device for inserting a second felt wad, a second paper-wad-inserting device for inserting a second paper Wad, a device for loading the shot, a third device for inserting a third paper wad, a device' for crimping the mouth of the shell, and a device for ejecting the loaded shell from the conveyer, all arranged from left to right, Fig. I, in the order named. The shell-opener, the rammers in connection with the wad-inserting devices, the crimper, and the ejector are mounted upon vertically-reciprocating slides whose guides are formed in the cross-plate D and which are operated positively in a downward y direction by cams and upwardly by springs D', located as shown in Figs. V, VII, and XII.

Mounted in suitable bearings d on standards C2, bolted to the top of the cross-plate, and upon a bracket C is an operating-shaft E, to which are secured a series of cams and an eccentric for operating the various devices.

Operating immediately below the crossplate and upon the bed of the machine is a reciprocating shell-con veyer F, which receives the shells from the shell-feed tube F and progressively advances them from left to right to the successive positions on the loading plane necessary for the operation of the loading devices, constructed and operating substantially as shown and described in my Patent No. 612,864, issued October 25, 1898. Each shell is moved from left to right and brought to a state of rest into diiferent positions in the loading plane, so that it may be operated upon by each loading device in succession, the various operating-cams, levers, and eccentrics being so timed that the loading operations take place during the time the shell is in such state of rest. As described in said patent, the conveyer consists of a pair of *shell-clampsf and f, which hold the shells firmly while at rest and being operated upon, Fig. V, of which one,f, is fixed and the other, j", is reciprocable transversely, anda pair of longitudinally-reciprocable conveyer-bars f2 and f3, forming a shell-carrier, of which f2 is reciprocable transversely and]E3 is fixed transversely and which conveys the shells to their successive positions in the loading plane,dur ing which time the shells are freed from the clamps. The transverse opening movement of the clampf and conveyer-bar]E2 is effected by two spring-bolts F2, Fig. II, incased in suitable barrels f, secured to the bed, constructed and applied as shown in Fig. XXVI, each one of which bolts engages a bearing f5, Figs. XXVI and XXVII, one on each end of the conveyer-bar f2. Said bearings abut the inner face of the clampf by means of a lug f6, as shown in Fig. XXVII, and effect its transverse movement toward the front of the machine simultaneously with that of the barj12 to assume the position shown in Fig. XXVIII. The return movement of these parts is effected by the rock-shaft F3, Fig. I, the levers f7, links f8, arm f, connecting-rod F4, rocker-arm F5, journaled on the cross-plate D and operated by the cam F6, all connected as shown in Figs. I and XII. Airholes flo, Fig. XXV, are provided to permit the conveyer-bars to reciprocate freely on their transverse movement. The operation of this conveyer, as explained in the abovenamed patent, causes asmall amount of transverse movement of the shell out of the loading plane, followed by a longitudinal advance to the right parallel with said plane and a final return transverse movement into said plane.

A cam G2, secured to shaft E, engages a IOO roller g on the top of the slide G/ of the ejector G, Fig. I. A bell-crank H is journaled upon the cross-frame and is connected at one end with the end of a link h, whose opposite end is secured to the said slide. The other end of the bell-crank is provided with a roller h', which bears against the end of a lever H', fulcrumed upon the crossframe. The opposite end of said lever H is connected with one end of the shellecarrier. This train of levers constitutes the means for returning the carrier after the longitudinal advance of the latter, and it is seen that by virtue of the open connection between the bell-crank and the lever H' or the open connection between the cam G2 and the slide G the carrier may be stopped at any intermediatepointin said longitudinal advance movement until such time as the cam reaches the position in which it normally returns said carrier to said stoppingpoint. During such displacement of the carrier the position of the bell-crank H relative to the lever H changes from the normalthat is, the roller on the bell-crank relinqnishes its contactV with the end of the lever. This change involves a change of relative position from the normal of the carrier with reference to the operating-cam G. Said carrier is therefore capable of displacement relatively to its operating means. In order to give the said carrier its longitudinal advance movement, the said con veyer-bar is connected at the end opposite that connected with the lever H' to a lever H2, Figs. I, IV, and XX, actuated by a torsion-spring h2, to throw the carrier forward during the recession of the cam G2 from the roller g. The combined actions then of the sprin g-actu ated lever H2 and the cam-actuated lever Hl cause the reciprocation of the shell-carrier, one solely causing the advance movement and the other solely causing the positive retu rn movement thereof.

Upon the right-hand end of the shaft E is keyed an arm E', Figs. XXI and XXII. Adjacent to said arm and loosely mounted upon a hub or sleeve thereof is a driving-pulley J. Said arm extends to within a short distance of the inside of the rim of the pulley, as shown in Figs. IV, XXI, and XXII, and pivoted to the free end of said arm is a V-shaped connecting trip member e. Said member has formed upon its outer leg c' a projecting lug c2, which engages a shoulder j, formed upon said pulley, as shown in Fig. XXII. The inner leg e2 of the connecting member extends inwardly from the outer leg, and its inner face forms an inclined plane e4 with reference to a fixed point in its revolution. At the juncture of the two legs e and e2 is placed a rubber buffer c5, and upon the leg c' is formed a stop-lug e6. It will be observed from the above-described construction of these means which form operative connection between the driving-pulley and the operating-shaft or its arm that the interposition of a relatively-xed obstruction in the path of the inclined plane c4 will cause said trip member e to relieve itself from engagement with the pulley, and thus cause the driving-pulley to become inoperative and the shaft, shellcarrier, and loading devices to stop. Such interposition is accomplished by the following means: Sliding in a guideway d2, secured to the cross-frame, Fig. I, is a trip-bolt h3, formed at its left-hand end with an angle h4, Fig. XXII, provided with a bore h5, through which slides a rod h6, Fig. XX, secured to the lever H. A spring la7 is interposed between the right-hand end of said rod and the angle 7L, as shown in Fig. XX, which maintains the normal distance between the lever H and the end of the bolt, but permits the arrest of the bolt, while the upper end of said leveris permitted to travel toward the left, or permits the bolt to be drawn to the right at a greater than normal speed. Normally the bolt reciprocates in unison with the oscillation of the lever H and is arranged so that its outer end projects into the path of the inclined plane e4 at all points during the normal advance of the shell-carrier excepting at or near the end of such advance stroke, when t-he said bolt is withdrawn by the lever to its extreme left position, as shown in Fig. XX, whereby the inclined plane is normally permitted to pass unobstructed during its apposition with the bolt. At all other points in the travel of the said shell-carrier the path of the end of the trip-bolt intersects the path of the inclined plane. It is therefore evident that a change of position of the carrier relative to its operating means, and consequently'to the driving means, so as to produce a displacement of said carrier, will produce a displacement of the bolt with reference to the passing inclined plane, whereby said bolt is caused to intersect the path of said plane at the time of passing. The trip member c asa lresult of such displacement is disconnected from the pulley, the latter rendered inoperative, and the machine stopped. The operativeness or inoperativeness of the driving means of the machine is hence controlled by the relative position of the shell-carrier and the driving means.

In order to cause the cuter end of the bolt to properly engage the pivoted member, the inclined plane is provided with a cam-groove c7, Fig. XXIV, which traverses the inclined plane from its outer to its central portion, and the bolt end is provided with a lug hs for engaging said groove. By means of this construction the bolt is caused to strike the buffer at its inner portion after having been well drawn in, so as to prevent the possibility of transverse disengagement. The stop-lug c prevents the longitudinal disengagement of the bolt and pivoted mem ber during their en# gagement.

The above-described clutch` and tripping mechanism being applicable to machines other than shell-loading` machines, a separate application for United States Letters Patent Will be filed for said mechanism per se.

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